The percentage of Afghans presenting to councils as homeless has risen in the past month, figures from councils have suggested on the deadline day for people to leave hotel accommodation.
The LGA surveyed councils with bridging hotels in their areas, and received responses from 22 out of the 45 by Thursday morning. LGA chairman Shaun Davies described the “huge pressure” on councils who were already dealing with record numbers of households living in temporary accommodation and “an acute shortage of housing across the country”.
“With record numbers of households already living in temporary accommodation and an acute shortage of housing across the country, this is adding huge pressure onto councils on the ground and disruption and distress for families, some of whom are particularly vulnerable.” He told GB News: “We’ve made very good progress on that and it speaks to a broader challenge we have that at the moment we’ve got the country spending millions of pounds a day to house illegal migrants in hotels … more broadly, this is not about tomorrow or the day after.
The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy , which were set up to help Afghans resettle in the UK during the takeover, were both legal routes created by the Home Office.
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